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1 Medical oxygen gas leaks out from a storage unit, which led to interruption in supply of oxygen to COVID-19 patients at Zakir Hussain Municipal Hospital, in Nashik, on Wednesday, April 21, 2021. PTI
Nashik/Mumbai, April 21
At least 24 COVID-19 patients on ventilator support suffocated to death on Wednesday when their oxygen supply stopped suddenly because of a malfunction in the main storage at a civic-run hospital in Nashik in Maharashtra, officials said.
The government will probe if the tragedy at the Dr Zakir Husain Hospital was due to negligence, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said.
A private company looked after the tank maintenance at the hospital, District Collector Suraj Mandhare said, adding technicians closed the tank valve preventing more deaths.
At least 24 COVID-19 patients on ventilator support died on Wednesday due to an interrupted supply of medical oxygen at a civic-run hospital at Nashik in Maharashtra caused by the leakage of the gas from a storage plant, officials said.
A senior civic official said of the 150 patients admitted to the hospital, 23 were on ventilator support at the time of the incident while the rest were on oxygen support. As per the current information, 22 people have died due to the interrupted supply of oxygen at the Zakir Hussain municipal hospital. The patients were on ventilators as well as on oxygen supply, which got interrupted after the leakage in the oxygen supply tank, district collector Suraj Mandhare told reporters. He later told that two more people had died in the incident.
Maharashtra: 22 COVID-19 patients die after oxygen tanker leak in Nashik hospital, probe underway
These patients were being treated at a hospital run by the Nashik Municipal Corporation for the COVID-19 patients.
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Hospital staff members running from the spot after an Oxygen tanker leaked while tankers were being filled at Dr. Zakir Hussain Hospital in Nashik. (Photo| ANI) By PTI
MUMBAI: Twenty-two COVID-19 patients, who were either on ventilator or oxygen support, suffocated to death on Wednesday when their oxygen supply stopped suddenly because of a malfunction in the main storage at a civic-run hospital at Nashik in Maharashtra, officials said.